The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas is part of the Marriott Autograph Collection of independently branded hotels. Marriott won the musical chairs game in branding the Cosmopolitan for its Marriott Rewards members.

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas could have been a Grand Hyatt. That was the plan reported in the Las Vegas Sun April 6, 2005 when the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino was scheduled for an early 2008 opening. Hyatt pulled out of the project.

Then the Cosmopolitan was reported to become the first representative of Hilton’s new Denizen hotel brand. Months after Deutsche Bank foreclosed on the Cosmopolitan project in 2008, the news broke in March 2009 that Hilton would rebrand the hotel-casino project.

Denizen Hotels never got off the ground due to legal troubles brought from an April 2009 corporate espionage lawsuit by Starwood Hotels claiming Mr. Ross Klein, former president of Starwood’s luxury brands group  took proprietary Starwood Hotel plans to Hilton Hotels Corporation when he became head of Hilton’s luxury and lifestyle brands and launched the Denizen brand project in amazingly short time.  USA Today story of Denizen. Lawsuit puts Denizen brand on hold - Hotel World Network (April 17, 2009). Mr. Klein was suspended from his position and the Denizen hotel brand was shelved by Hilton.

Finally in August 2010 Marriott Hotels penned an agreement with the Cosmopolitan to brand the hotel in the Autograph Collection of independent properties.

Identity – The Cosmopolitan loyalty program

No wonder the Cosmopolitan came up with the name “Identity” for its gaming rewards program. The hotel also participates in Marriott Rewards, so there is confusion with two hotel loyalty programs competing for guests.

Marriott Rewards members earn 10 points per dollar at the Cosmopolitan just like other full service Marriott Rewards hotels. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Rewards category 7 hotel reward at 35,000 points for a free night. FlyerTalk members report there is a Marriott Rewards representative at the hotel working with the Cosmopolitan to integrate loyalty benefits for its Marriott Rewards members.

Identity may be the preferable rewards program for guests more interested in the Cosmopolitan property than Marriott Hotels in general. Identity members receive 10 points per $1 for hotel room rate and a free night after 8 nights at the Cosmopolitan. Assume $200 per night average room rate and you earn a free night after just $1,600 in hotel spend. Use your free night on a weekend for best value.

Marriott Rewards requires $3,500 in base spend to earn a free night, although elite members and promotion bonuses may reduce that hotel spend amount significantly.

The big advantage of Identity is for gamblers.

Earning Identity Points

Identity Points reside in a member’s personal account and are based on the amount of dollars either spent or wagered.

Identity Points can be earned by members as follows:

· 10 points for every $1 spent on room or suite accommodations

· 10 points for every $4 of other resort spending (e.g., restaurants, spa, selected retail)

· 10 points for every $15 wagered on reel/video reel slot

· 10 points for every $50 wagered on video poker

· 10 points for every $100 wagered on table games (approximate – varies by game type)

· Identity members who book their hotel stay through a third-party partner or online travel agency will receive a flat amount of 1,000 points per night of accommodations, in addition to points earned on their other expenditures.

Identity points may be used for room upgrades. 

FlyerTalk member Cova provides a detailed description of the Identity loyalty program and membership tier benefits with qualifications.

 

The Rooms at the Cosmopolitan

The vibrant blue of the couch, contemporary art and open space  bathrooms are modern decor for guests. The type of guest being marketed by the Cosmopolitan is a little difficult to ascertain from this 60-second TV spot.

The Cosmopolitan appears to be a pet-friendly hotel!

The club scene of the Cosmopolitan with the Bond Bar located right on Las Vegas Boulevard and the upstairs Marquee nightclub extending right out to the adults pool area with eight elevated clear glass hot tubs is the kind of place you lounge with a martini, but not in solitary comfort. The Cosmopolitan  is designed for partying, playing, dancing, dining and viewing Las Vegas from your room terrace. The Cosmopolitan is designed for people to hang out.

There is gambling too at The Cosmopolitan.

The Cosmopolitan is the last major new casino and hotel planned for Las Vegas over the next three to five years. Rates in the $200 to $300 range for the lowest category rooms over most of the next few months is a bold move in this economy.

One of the unique features of The Cosmopolitan is 70% of the nearly 3,000 hotel rooms have terrace balconies. No other major casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip offers terrace room balconies in regular hotel rooms.

Currently the lowest rates over the next several months are $135 for a Studio Terrace on January 2 and 3. You can book a Terrace Suite on these dates ($235) for less than the price of a Studio Terrace on most weekends (Studio Terrace $260 Friday Jan 28; Terrace Suite $410) for the next three months .

The rooms at The Cosmopolitan add 1.5% more rooms to Las Vegas. My gut feeling is room rates over the next few months will drop to the $120 to $150 range from their current $160 to $200 average. The Cosmopolitan will be a good indicator hotel to watch for rate fluctuation settling somewhere more specific in the Aria to Encore to Mandarin Oriental price range.

Pre-Opening Press Tour Tuesday, Dec 14

The pre-opening press tour did not permit photography inside the hotel. This Loyalty Traveler post has links to websites showing photos and videos of  The Cosmopolitan. YouTube video links uploaded by The Cosmopolitan show room tours. Room photos posted here were received from The Cosmopolitan hotel PR department.

There are five basic room types at The Cosmopolitan:

• Terrace Studio (620 sq. ft. + 110 sq. ft. terrace – kitchenette with microwave and refrigerator)
• City Room (460 sq. ft. studio with two queen beds – no terrace)
• Terrace One Bedroom (610 sq. ft. + 110 sq. ft. terrace – Japanese square soaking tub; kitchenette with stove, microwave and refrigerator)
• Terrace Suite (910 sq. ft. + 160 sq. ft. terrace – two bathrooms with master bath spa tub )
• Wraparound Terrace Suite (1,200 sq. ft. + 480 sq. ft. terrace - in-suite washer/dryer )
• Terrace Studio Premium View, Terrace One Bedroom Premium View and Terrace One Bedroom Plus with oversize terrace are better locations for these hotel room categories; likely a  Bellagio Fountain view.

The two Cosmopolitan tower buildings are about 600 ft. tall. The floor numbering is creative just like at Aria Resort where floors 40-49 do not exist.  The Cosmopolitan is confusing too with guest floors starting at 15 and no room floors in the 40s.

How to fit 75 floors in a 603 ft. tower?

Las Vegas has creative floor numbering.  My memory recalls 75 as the top floor elevator button in the east tower of the Cosmopolitan. I read a review by a person who stayed on the 68th floor last week. So how does a hotel not built for hobbits get 75 floors in a 603 ft. building?

I noticed during my stay at the Aria Resort that no elevators had buttons for floors 40 to 49 in the 59 floor tower. I asked several employees about the missing floors. Nobody simply explained that no floors in the 40s exist in the hotel. The floor numbering goes directly from 39 to 50. The 59th floor penthouse is actually a 49th floor location.

Wikipedia lists the tallest buildings in Las Vegas. Aria Resort at City Center is 600 ft. and 50 floors. The Cosmopolitan East Tower I toured last week is listed at 603 ft. and 51 floors. Check out the elevator numbers when you are going up the tower. There must be a lot of missing floor numbers between the Promenade restaurant level and the 75th top floor.

The reason cited for no floors in the 40s is an association with bad luck/death in Asian cultures. Others think it is just a way to make Las Vegas hotels appear taller to hotel guests than they actually are. Encore, Wynn and Palms Place also do not have room floors in the 40s.

Room Photos

The Cosmopolitan Terrace Studio

Video: The Cosmopolitan Terrace Studio (YouTube 33 sec)

 

The Cosmopolitan City Room

Video: The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas City Room (YouTube – 21 sec)

The Cosmopolitan  – Terrace One Bedroom

Video: The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas = Terrace One Bedroom (YouTube – 27 sec.)

 

The Cosmopolitan - Terrace Suite

Video: The Cosmopolitan – Terrace Suite (YouTube – 49 sec.)

The Cosmopolitan Wraparound Terrace Suite

Video: The Cosmopolitan Wraparound Terrace Suite (YouTube – 1:03)

This Loyalty Traveler Dec 14 post shows the room view from a wraparound terrace suite on the 58th floor of the east tower.

Blog.Vegas.com has a gallery of photos of the lobby floors of the hotel and the central focal point of the hotel-casino Chandelier.

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010) 

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

Holiday Inn brand hotels across London and the UK are £20.12 for stays from December 26 to January 9, 2011 excluding New Year’s Eve December 31.

• There is a limit of two rooms per household.
• Bookings require full nonrefundable prepayment and no changes permitted.
• Priority Club points are not earned on these promotional rates.

Sale Begins today for USA guests seeking UK hotel rooms

Over 150 Holiday Inn hotels are participating in this 24-hour sale beginning December 20 at midnight UK time. USA start of this sale begins Sunday due to time zone differences.

New York – Eastern time = 7pm Sunday, Dec 19

San Francisco – Pacific Time = 4pm Sunday, Dec 19

This rate is under $32USD per night and still a bargain even if 20% VAT added to final rate.

Participating Holiday Inn Hotels:

London

Holiday Inn Bloomsbury

Holiday Inn Bexley

Holiday Inn Brent Cross

Holiday Inn Elstree M25 Jct 23

Holiday Inn Gatwick Airport

Holiday Inn Heathrow Ariel

Holiday Inn Heathrow M4 J4

Holiday Inn Kensington Forum

Holiday Inn Luton South

Holiday Inn Mayfair

Holiday Inn Oxford Circus

Holiday Inn Regents Park

Holiday Inn Shepperton

Holiday Inn Sutton

Holiday Inn Express Greenwich A102 (M)

Holiday Inn Express Hammersmith

Holiday Inn Express London – Chingford – North Circular

Holiday Inn Express Luton Airport

Holiday Inn Express Stansted Airport

Holiday Inn Express Wandsworth

Holiday Inn Express Watford Junction

South

Holiday Inn Ashford-Central

Holiday Inn Ashford North

Holiday Inn Aylesbury

Holiday Inn Basildon

Holiday Inn Basingstoke

Holiday Inn Brighton

Holiday Inn Bristol Airport

Holiday Inn Bristol Filton

Holiday Inn Brentwood

Holiday Inn Colchester

Holiday Inn Eastleigh

Holiday Inn Fareham

Holiday Inn Farnborough

Holiday Inn Gloucester – Cheltenham

Holiday Inn Guildford

Holiday Inn Hemel Hempstead

Holiday Inn High Wycombe M40/J4

Holiday Inn Maidenhead / Windsor

Holiday Inn Maidstone – Sevenoaks

Holiday Inn Milton Keynes

Holiday Inn Milton Keynes East

Holiday Inn Oxford

Holiday Inn Portsmouth

Holiday Inn Reading South

Holiday Inn Reading West

Holiday Inn Rochester – Chatham

Holiday Inn Salisbury – Stonehenge

Holiday Inn Slough – Windsor

Holiday Inn Southampton

Holiday Inn Stevenage

Holiday Inn Swindon

Holiday Inn Taunton

Holiday Inn Winchester

Holiday Inn Express Bath

Holiday Inn Express Bedford

Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Bristol – North

Holiday Inn Express Canterbury

Holiday Inn Express Dartford Bridge

Holiday Inn Express Exeter M5, Jct 29

Holiday Inn Express Gloucester South

Holiday Inn Express Hemel Hempstead

Holiday Inn Express Milton Keynes

Holiday Inn Express Poole

Holiday Inn Express Portsmouth Gunwharf Quays

Holiday Inn Express Ramsgate – Minster

Holiday Inn Express Slough

Holiday Inn Express Southampton West

Holiday Inn Express Stevenage

Holiday Inn Express Swindon West M4, Jct 16

Holiday Inn Express Taunton M5, Jct 25

East

Holiday Inn Ipswich

Holiday Inn Ipswich – Orwell

Holiday Inn Norwich

Holiday Inn Norwich – Ipswich Road

Holiday Inn Norwich North

Holiday Inn Express Cambridge – Duxford

Holiday Inn Express Norwich

Midlands

Holiday Inn Birmingham M6/J7

Holiday Inn Cambridge

Holiday Inn Coventry M6/J2

Holiday Inn Coventry – South

Holiday Inn Derby Nottingham

Holiday Inn Kenilworth

Holiday Inn Leamington Spa Warwick

Holiday Inn Leicester

Holiday Inn Nottingham

Holiday Inn Northampton

Holiday Inn Northampton West M1 J16

Holiday Inn Peterborough – West

Holiday Inn Rugby – Northampton

Holiday Inn Solihull

Holiday Inn Stratford upon Avon

Holiday Inn Stoke on Trent

Holiday Inn Express Birmingham NEC

Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Oldbury M5, Jct 2

Holiday Inn Express Cambridge

Holiday Inn Express Droitwich M5, Jct 5

Holiday Inn Express East Midlands Airport

Holiday Inn Express Lichfield

Holiday Inn Express Nottingham City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Northampton M1, Jct 15

Holiday Inn Express Stafford M6 Jct13

Holiday Inn Express Stoke On Trent

Holiday Inn Express Peterborough

Holiday Inn Express Warwick M40, Jct 15

North

Holiday Inn Bolton

Holiday Inn Chester – South

Holiday Inn Chester West A55

Holiday Inn Corby Kettering A43

Holiday Inn Derby Riverlights

Holiday Inn Doncaster A1M JCT 36

Holiday Inn Haydock

Holiday Inn Harrogate

Holiday Inn Hull

Holiday Inn Lancaster

Holiday Inn Leeds – Bradford

Holiday Inn Leeds – Brighouse

Holiday Inn Leeds – Garforth

Holiday Inn Leeds – Wakefield

Holiday Inn Manchester Airport

Holiday Inn Newcastle

Holiday Inn Rotherham – Sheffield

Holiday Inn Runcorn

Holiday Inn Warrington

Holiday Inn Washington

Holiday Inn York

Holiday Inn Express Bradford City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Burnley M65 Jct10

Holiday Inn Express Chester Racecourse

Holiday Inn Express Derby Pride Park

Holiday Inn Express Leeds City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Lincoln City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Liverpool – Albert Dock

Holiday Inn Express Manchester East

Holiday Inn Express Manchester Salford Quays

Holiday Inn Express Newcastle City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Newcastle – Metro Centre

Northern Ireland & Wales

Holiday Inn Belfast

Holiday Inn Cardiff

Holiday Inn Newport

Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Airport

Holiday Inn Express Newport

Holiday Inn Express Swansea West, M4 Jct 43

Scotland

Holiday Inn Edinburgh

Holiday Inn Edinburgh City – West

Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport

Holiday Inn Glasgow Theatreland

Holiday Inn Glasgow – East Kilbride

Holiday Inn Express Aberdeen City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Dunfermline

Holiday Inn Express – Edinburgh City Centre

Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh Royal Mile

Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh – Waterfront

Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Airport

Holiday Inn Express Glasgow City Centre – Riverside

Holiday Inn Express Hamilton

Holiday Inn Express Inverness

Holiday Inn Express Perth

Holiday Inn Express Stirling

Holiday Inn Express Strathclyde Park

Vdara is a mixed use condominium residences and hotel rooms in the 57-floor tower north of Harmon Avenue.  The building is part of the CityCenter MGM Resorts/Dubai World Las Vegas Strip complex between Bellagio and Monte Carlo casinos. CityCenter has three hotels on its 67-acre property with Aria Resort, Mandarin Oriental and Vdara. The imperfect blue building planned as the Harmon Hotel at the corner of Harmon and Las Vegas Boulevard in CityCenter sits empty due to construction flaws.

The Vdara Hotel location is accessible from the Aria Hotel Casino floor level via an elevated circular drive over Harmon Avenue revealing Nancy Rubins’ Big Edge, the large-scale canoe sculpture located between the two hotels.

Vdara is a non-smoking, non-gaming hotel with a bar, a restaurant, a spa and pool, and a walkway to Bellagio Resort and the CityCenter electric tram station. The Cosmopolitan casino and Marriott Autograph Collection branded resort is adjacent to Vdara, between the Bellagio and the main CityCenter complex on Las Vegas Boulevard, the Strip.

Vdara Hotel is low-key without the formality of Mandarin Oriental or the immense size of Aria Resort & Casino. Vdara Suites are large, condominium style rooms with small dining areas and kitchen space with refrigerator, microwave and stove, a sleeper couch, bedroom, two TVs and bathroom.

Vdara hotel has lower room rates than Aria for December 2010with rates as low as $119 compared to Aria at $129. Mandarin Oriental is typically the highest base room rate of the three CityCenter Hotels with lowest rates around $199.

Vdara can save money on a Las Vegas vacation by cooking for yourself in the room kitchen rather than dining out. Silk Road provides lobby food service.

Vdara Hotel occupies an extraordinarily convenient location between Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan and Aria for three very different resort casino experiences within five minutes walk from your room.

The lobby bar has seating in the main bar, off to the right indoors and a terrace outdoors.

The lobby has a small seating area near the elevators with a concierge desk cubicle off the main hotel registration desk.

Peter Wegner is the artist for the Vdara lobby with two pieces Day for Night, Night for Day on the east wall (orange colored paper, 45 feet x 10 feet 9 inches) and west wall (blue colored paper, 34 feet x 10 feet 9 inches).

Vdara Deluxe Suites are the basic room category and provide a kitchenette and nearly 600 sq. ft. of room space. Vdara website has a video of Deluxe Suite Option 1 floorplan. Here are my photos of this room category.

The sitting room had a large wall mounted TV and the bedroom also had a wall mounted TV.

Vdara City Corner Suite

City Corner Suites are over 800 sq. ft.  with a four burner kitchen stove, full size refrigerator, four person dining table, washer-dryer, queen size sofa bed and large spa tub.

Vdara Penthouse Suite

The Vdara Penthouse Suites are one and two bedroom and one floor or two floor suites. I toured a two-bedroom, one story penthouse suite on the 54^th floor. This apartment space is 1,200 to 1,400 sq. ft and provides the full hotel residential style living quarters.

Vdara Pool Deck

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010) 

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

Aria Sky Villas offer two- and three-bedroom luxury suites on one or two floors on the top floors of Aria Resort & Casino. Aria Sky Villa 19 is a 58th floor bi-level three-bedroom suite with living room, dining room, bedroom, and fitness room with sauna and 2.5 bathrooms on the lower level. A spiral staircase and elevator access an upper floor with a sitting room, two bedrooms, four bathrooms, massage room, salon and kitchen pantry.

40 to 50 people were in Sky Villa 19 at one point during the wine reception. All guests were comfortably positioned around the main living room and dining area. A bar was set up in the corner of the living room. 

Sky Villa 19 is a large space for entertaining.

The lower floor of Sky Villa 19 has a half-bathroom with toilet and sink at the main room entrance and one bedroom with full bathroom. There is a fitness room with sauna and shower and a connecting room with sink and toilet.

The lower floor fitness room across the hall from the bedroom has a shower, sauna and connecting toilet and dressing room. A door from the fitness dressing room leads to the main bathroom for the lower floor bedroom. 

Aria Resort Las Vegas, Sky Villa 19, fitness room doorway to dressing room

 

The second floor of Aria Sky Villa 19 is accessible by stairs and elevator. Two bedrooms, each with two full bathrooms, salon, massage room, kitchen pantry and sitting room are located on the second floor of Aria Sky Villa 19.

Aria Resort Las Vegas, Sky Villa 19, Master Bedroom

This completes the tour of Aria Resort Sky Villa 19.

 

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010) 

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

Drinking wine in the 7,000 square foot Sky Villa 19 on the 58th floor at Aria Resort Las Vegas was beyond my expectations for an $82 two-night stay with airfare from San Jose, California included through my Expedia.ca SAVE300 package deal. 

The stars aligned, well actually, the Luxury Travel Expo 2010 travel agent attendees aligned with my stay for an exclusive opportunity to tour various categories of Aria Resort & Casino hotel rooms followed by an evening wine and food reception in SkyVilla 19.

Aria Hotel has 4,004 rooms including 568 suites. The basic room category at Aria  is a 520-square foot “Deluxe Room” space with floor to ceiling windows, electronic master controls for curtains and lights and all entertainment options and a bathroom with separate tub and shower. The size of a typical luxury market segment hotel room is generally around 520 sq. ft.

There really are not bad rooms at Aria, only less favorable locations for the room view. There are two factors to keep in mind when booking at Aria Resort, height and width.

Aria is a 59-floor hotel with only one location for elevators on each guest room floor. The size of the hotel may literally require walking over 100 yards to your room from the elevator on the larger floors. Keep this in mind if you need closer proximity to the elevators and make your request known when booking.

The higher floors have preferred views, but there really are not any sides of the hotel with undesirable views when on a floor above 15 or so.  Aria’s rear hotel wings overlook the Aria pool complex and Monte Carlo casino or face Harmon Avenue with a view to the Vdara Hotel and the just-opened Cosmopolitan Hotel. Lower floors locations can view the rooftop over low sections of the resort. Some lower floor rooms on Harmon Avenue side have a close-up view of  CityCenter electric tram cars.

The CityCenter complex has beautiful architecture. Rooms overlooking CityCenter provide architectural views of Veer Towers, Crystals, Harmon Building and Mandarin Oriental and may have a view of the Las Vegas Strip. These central CityCenter facing rooms are Deluxe Room City View which is the next higher room category from the basic level room. 

Floor height is the more important factor for a room at Aria in my opinion. The closer you are to the ground the more noise you are likely to hear from traffic and such. There is a fire station on Harmon Avenue between the Vdara Hotel and The Cosmopolitan.

My room was on the top-level 24th floor overlooking the pool from the northwest wing of the hotel.

The room tour of Aria showed a 31st floor King Deluxe similar to mine. The room was a City View room in the front side of the hotel, room linens had trim, chairs had better upholstery and the shower head was different.

This Loyalty Traveler post has more pictures of the King Deluxe room category features from my hotel room stay.

Aria Resort & Casino Suites

Regular suites are 920 sq.ft at Aria Resort. The four basic suite categories are Corner Suite, Crystals Suite overlooking the CityCenter Crystals retail shopping area, Cirrus Suite at 1,500 sq.ft. has a formal dining area, and Executive Hospitality Suite is 2,000 sq.ft. overlooking pool area and includes a 12-person conference room.

I only visited the Corner Suite room category among these suite categories.

Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas Sky Suites

Aria Sky Suites offer an exclusive resort experience with airport limousine transfers, private check-in and exclusive Sky Suite guest lounge access. There are separate sets of elevators for Sky Suites guests with closer access to restaurants and the casino floors than the elevators for other hotel guests.

Rooms range in size from 1,050 sq. ft. one bedroom Aria Suite and two bedroom Aria Suite at 1,630 sq. ft.

Penthouse one bedroom suites are 1,465 sq. ft. with a bedroom, dining room, kitchen, oversize bathroom, and entry hall toilet.

Penthouse two bedroom suites are 2,060 sq. ft.

Aria Sky Suite one-bedroom photos shown here are room 51-002 on 51st floor. The room view looks directly down to the Lumia Fountain at the Aria central entrance and floor-to-ceiling windows place the guest directly in the center view of CenterCity Las Vegas.

The Aria Sky Suite bathroom in room 51-002 has two entries from the bedroom with sliding doors.

The length of this piece with photos favors placing Aria Sky Villa 19 photos in a separate Loyalty Traveler blog post.

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010) 

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

A new list of PointBreaks hotels for highly discounted reward nights at 5,000 points per night posted this week on Monday, Dec 13.

There are only 35 hotels presently available for stays completed by January 31, 2011. This means you can book January 30 as the last eligible PointBreaks night for this offer.

United States

CALIFORNIA

HOLIDAY INN DIAMOND BAR

FLORIDA

HOLIDAY INN MELBOURNE-VIERA CONFERENCE CTR

HOLIDAY INN PALM BEACH-AIRPORT CONF CTR

HOLIDAY INN SARASOTA-AIRPORT

ILLINOIS

CANDLEWOOD SUITES CHICAGO/NAPERVILLE

HOLIDAY INN CHAMPAIGN/URBANA

INDIANA

HOLIDAY INN RICHMOND

MASSACHUSETTS

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ANDOVER NORTH-LAWRENCE

MARYLAND

HOLIDAY INN CUMBERLAND-DOWNTOWN

OHIO

CROWNE PLAZA CINCINNATI NORTH

OKLAHOMA

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES LAWTON-FORT SILL

PENNSYLVANIA

CANDLEWOOD SUITES PITTSBURGH-AIRPORT

TEXAS

CROWNE PLAZA HOUSTON WEST – ENERGY CORRIDOR

CROWNE PLAZA NORTHWEST-BROOKHOLLOW

VIRGINIA

CANDLEWOOD SUITES RICHMOND-SOUTH

 

Canada

ONTARIO

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES OTTAWA WEST – NEPEAN

HOTEL INDIGO TORONTO AIRPORT

 

Mexico

CROWNE PLAZA MEXICO CITY NORTH-TLALNEPANTLA

CROWNE PLAZA TUXTLA GUTIERREZ

Central & South America

ARGENTINA

HOLIDAY INN ROSARIO

NICARAGUA

INTERCONTINENTAL REAL METROCENTRO MANAGUA

  

Europe

GERMANY

HOLIDAY INN FRANKFURT AIRPORT-NORTH 

ITALY

HOLIDAY INN MILAN-ASSAGO

HOLIDAY INN MILAN NORD-ZARA

UNITED KINGDOM

HOLIDAY INN LEICESTER

HOLIDAY INN WOKING

Middle East  

There are no properties available at this time

Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS DURBAN-UMHLANGA

 

Asia

CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC

CROWNE PLAZA JINAN

HOLIDAY INN DATONG CITY CENTRE

HOLIDAY INN HOHHOT

HOLIDAY INN JASMINE SUZHOU

HOLIDAY INN JIUZHAI JARPO

HOLIDAY INN SHANGHAI JINXIU

HOLIDAY INN XIAOSHAN HANGZHOU

TAIWAN

CROWNE PLAZA KAOHSIUNG E-DA WORLD

 

Oceania

There are no properties available at this time

Loyalty Traveler Commentary: 

Only 35 hotels on this list. Certainly not a big list, but the general consensus I perceived from FlyerTalk discussion was nothing new would be coming in PointBreaks during December. In that case, this is better than nothing new.

PointBreaks TIP: You cannot get the PointBreaks rate for the nights on a hotel stay that are past the last date for this current offer which is 1/30/11.

This 5-night stay at the Holiday Inn Richmond, Indiana is calculated as 3 nights at PointBreaks 5,000 points per night rate for Jan 28, 29 and 30, but then charges 25,000 points per night for January 31 and February 1, 2011 for a total of 65,000 points.  

January 30, 2011 is the last night available using 5,000 points per night PointBreaks reward rate for this set of hotels. 

5,000 points is essentially a $30 per night room rate based on the rate you can buy points through Points & Cash rewards.

This piece requires some reader feedback to determine if there is a systemic problem with Gold Passport base point earnings or just my account posting incorrectly.

I have stayed at four different Hyatt Hotels in the past month. Looking over my account I notice that the base points posted for each hotel stay is slightly less than the expected 5 points per dollar awarded for base room rate I paid.  

My base points posted for my last four hotel stays are 4.85% less than what I calculate I should have received for the room rate I paid using the 5 base points per dollar earn rate for Hyatt Gold Passport.

I have questioned Hyatt Gold Passport about this issue twice. The response I received is the hotel is responsible for keying in the room rate used to calculate base points.

I can understand one hotel incorrectly keying in a room rate, but to have all four hotels I stayed at this past month incorrectly key in the room rate is highly unusual.

 

A discrepancy almost too small to detect with the naked eye

The difference in base points posted and what I estimate should have been posted is so small that it could easily go undetected. My account has been corrected after going through each hotel stay folio with a Gold Passport Diamond member customer service representative.

But I sure would like to know how widespread this issue is for Hyatt Gold Passport members. That is why I want you to check your accounts and provide some feedback.

Here are my actual numbers from my last four Hyatt hotel stays over the past month.

2,866 base points actually posted and I estimate 146 missing points for $602.80 in hotel rate base spend that should have earned 3,012 base points. I rounded down in all calculations and I am only considering the room rate before tax.

My account was short-changed 146 base points from 4 hotel stays on $602.80 in spend. Basically I was shorted $29 worth of base points which also affects my 30% Gold Passport elite bonus points by another 43 points. Missing 189 points after $600 in hotel spend is such a small discrepancy that I might have easily overlooked the difference.  

Overall, this is a 4.8% short-change in base points earned for my four hotel stays.

The reason I noticed the base points discrepancy is I did not receive 5,000 bonus points for two of my hotel stays booked with the Hyatt 5000GP rate for two-night stays in participating California hotels. The base points discrepancy caught my attention as I looked over the different hotel stay folios from the past month.

My real question for readers is “How widespread are these discrepancies between room rate paid and base points earned?”

 

15 Million Points would be a Big-Change Discrepancy

Multiply my short-changed account of 146 points on $602 in hotel spend by 100,000 Gold Passport members. Assume a nearly 5% shortfall in base points per person and you have a cumulative 15 million missing points from Gold Passport members’ accounts.

Now that would be a serious issue to be redressed for Hyatt Gold Passport members .

I am reminded of the movie “Office Space” where the software engineers who are about to be fired plant a virus in the computer system to siphon a fraction of a cent from each transaction and end up embezzling a large amount of money.

Please comment Hyatt Gold Passport members  so we can all see if base points short-changing is a common occurrence.

Is base points short-changing an anomaly specific to my Hyatt Gold Passport account or do others see a base points discrepancy with Hyatt Gold Passport earning on recent stays?

Hotels are the modern secular equivalent of grand cathedrals. Large hotels are semi-public places with grand architecture and increasingly function as locations for great art. This piece is an overview of CityCenter as an entity with descriptions of the architecture, shopping, electric tram, and art. I will add hotel links once I have my set of articles written for CityCenter’s three hotels – Vdara, Aria Resort’s high category rooms and the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas.

City Center Las Vegas shows Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas on left, Aria center background with lighted rooftop and Vdara right background is the skyscraper of tiered curvilinear rectangular prisms. Crystals CityCenter is front center. Colored buildings are Veer Towers residential units in the center of the complex. Front right is The Harmon which was planned as a shared hotel-residences, however, construction issues have left the building empty and currently in litigation with the general contractor. A demolition of the Harmon building, possibly in 2013, appears to be the future of this hotel project located directly across Harmon Avenue from the newly opened Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino.

CityCenter Hotels

Aria Resort and Casino is the only casino hotel in the CityCenter complex. Vdara and Mandarin Oriental are just hotels.

Aria Resort places you in the center of the action for CityCenter with easy access to more than a dozen restaurants, casino, Elvis theater, numerous bars and Crystals, a luxury brands shopping center.

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas is truly a luxury hotel with the finest basic category room of the three CityCenter hotels including all the high-tech features found in Aria with added touches of higher quality room furnishings. Mandarin Oriental has two restaurants, Mandarin Bar and the Spa. The hotel is a five minute walk from Aria Resort and Casino and the CityCenter tram.

The 47-floor Mandarin Oriental only has guest rooms up to floor 22. The hotel’s main lobby and bar are Floor 23 and higher floors are residences. Guests entering the hotel at ground level must take the elevator to the Floor 23 lobby and then change to a different set of elevators and go back down to room floors.

Vdara is a condominium-style hotel with cooking facilities, dining area and bed-couch in each room. There is only one bar. Major advantage of Vdara is indoor corridor access to Bellagio and CityCenter tram.

Vdara building view from pool deck reveals curvilinear form.

CityCenter Tram

An electric tram operates from 8am to 4am everyday to carry passengers along a near half-mile elevated track running from the Bellagio Resort north of Vdara through the CityCenter complex to the Monte Carlo Resort Casino south of Aria Resort with a center stop at Crystals retail area.

Roundtrip from Bellagio to Monte Carlo takes six minutes and 15 seconds to cover the 2,187-foot track at a speed of 13.5 miles per hour. Two 95-foot long trains have four cars each and carry up to 33 passengers per car.

View of Aria Resort Lumia Fountain and Hotel Entrance from CityCenter Tram tinted windows.

The Harmon Tower

The lower floors of The Harmon Hotel were being papered over with CityCenter advertisements during the week I was in Las Vegas.  Construction issues and a lawsuit with the hotel project’s general contractor have left the building sitting unused and plans for demolition in the next couple of years.

Architect Norman Foster, designer of the Reichstag New German Parliament building, designed the Harmon as a tower with 47 stories like the Mandarin Oriental, however, construction stopped when improperly installed rebar, the reinforcement metal bars used in concrete,  was discovered on several floors. The hotel building has been called the world’s most expensive billboard.

Workers placing large ads on Harmon Building windows CityCenter Las Vegas in December 2010.

Veer Towers

Two 37-floor residential towers in the center of City Center were designed by Helmut Jahn and lean in opposite directions 4.6 degrees from vertical center.

Crystals Retail Space

Just off the Aria Hotel lobby and on the CityCenter tram line is Crystals retail area where you will find high-end luxury brands like Dior, Bulgari, Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Fendi among others.

CityCenter Art

CityCenter Las Vegas prides itself on a fine art collection and provides tourists and hotel guests with a CityCenter “Fine Art Collection Map” to highlight 20 pieces of art around the 67-acre property.

One of the largest corporate collections of publicly displayed art in the world is present in CityCenter. Many large scale installations make CityCenter art worth seeking out. Here are a few of the pieces I noticed around the complex among the twenty listed on the CityCenter Las Vegas Fine Art Collection map.

There is a large electronic message display in the lower level of Aria in the street outside the Haze nightclub. Vegas has some uplifting and some dark content passing along the walls.

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010) 

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

“Hey man. Can I ask you a question? Can I really buy a beer here and walk outside the casino and down the street with it?”

I looked at the young guy from my bar stool in Bar Moderno at the Aria Casino and replied, “Sure. This is Vegas!”

“Hey, I just wanted to check,” he exclaimed. “I don’t know these things. I’m from Nebraska and I just stepped off the plane two hours ago.”

The bartender reaffirmed to the cornhusker just off the plane from Nebraska that he could indeed walk down the street with his beer in hand and not fear arrest for drinking in public.

“Welcome to Vegas,” I greeted him as I headed over to a table to listen to the piano man playing classical pieces on a grand piano in the bar lounge 20 feet away.

That was last Thursday on my second night at the Aria Resort. This Monday night when I was staying at the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas I debated going to the Mandarin Bar on the 23^rd floor of the hotel with great views of the Las Vegas Strip. The thought of paying another $12 for an 11.2 oz bottle of Stella Artois ($10 + tax + tip) didn’t really light my fire. Granted though, the view and bar snacks make the price of a drink a reasonable exchange for the ambience of the Mandarin Bar.

I thought of that guy from Nebraska. I actually could not recall ever having carried a drink outside while walking Las Vegas Boulevard.

A trip to CVS next door to the Mandarin Oriental detected a double size bottle of Stella Artois (22.4 oz) for $3.99 and I headed down the Strip to Planet Hollywood. I positioned myself against the wall outside near a line of people trying to win one million dollars from a slot machine and the music of the Who blaring from outdoor speakers.

Then I realized I was not carrying my car keys with my bottle opener. In fact, I was not carrying any kind of object to open my beer except for the coins in my pocket from the beer purchase change. Determination and the combined tools of a dime and quarter allowed me to successfully open my beer bottle after a couple of minutes.

I strolled by Paris and over to Bellagio for the fountain show, all while drinking a beer on the street on a cool Las Vegas evening in December.

Crossed off my list of  life’s travel achievements:

Drink a bottle of beer while walking Las Vegas Boulevard.

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010) 

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

Starwood Preferred Guest has announced Great Weeks, Grand Weekends offering double points for stays from January 3 through April 15, 2011. In addition to double points for up to three rooms per stay, a member will earn 500 bonus points for every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night of the stay for one room per stay.

Registration for this Great Weeks, Grand Weekends promotion will begin January 3 and last through March 31. Bonus points will be applied retroactively for all eligible stays during the promotion period as long as the member registers for the promotion by March 31, 2011.

One unusual feature of this promotion is a stay will qualify for double points for the entire stay even if you check-in before January 3 or stay after April 15 as long as your stay includes those dates.

From the SPG Promotion FAQ:

If I check in before January 3, 2011, or check out after April 15, 2011, do any of my nights earn a bonus?

Double Starpoints will be earned on the entire stay, as long as the check-in or checkout date falls during the promotion period. The extra 500 Starpoints for Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday night will only qualify during the actual promotion period.

For example: Stay December 31-January 5, you will earn double points (2 bonus points per $1) for Dec 31, Jan 1, and Jan 2, however, you will not earn the 500 bonus points for the weekend nights of Friday Dec 31, Saturday Jan 1 and Sunday Jan 2 nights.

There are about 125 non-participating properties for this promotion.

 

Loyalty Traveler Analysis

Assume a Friday-Saturday night Sheraton stay spending $125 room rate per night.

• $250 earns 500 base points + 500 bonus points (double points).
• Friday and Saturday earn 2 x 500 points for weekend nights.
• $250 in Starwood spend on a two-night weekend stay earns 1,500 bonus points in addition to 500 base points for $250 hotel spend.

Total Points Earned for $250 spend on two-night weekend stay at a Sheraton Hotel:

• SPG base member =  500 base points + 1,500 bonus points = 2,000 points.
• SPG Gold member = 500 base points + 250 elite bonus points + 1,500 promotion bonus points = 2,250 points.
• SPG Platinum member = 500 base points + 250 elite bonus points + 500 Platinum amenity bonus points + 1,500 promotion bonus points = 2,750 points.

Assume a redemption value of $25 to $35 for Starpoints. This $250 stay earns a rebate value of around $50 to $96 depending on your elite level. Of course, this bonus is far less value for stays Monday through Wednesday without the 500 bonus points  per weekend night.

Bottom Line: I think SPG foretells what to expect this first quarter of 2011. The hotel loyalty industry has announced the end of the recession. Hopefully at least one hotel program will offer a lucrative promotion for early 2011 travel. I’ve got my fingers crossed for Hyatt Gold Passport or Priority Club. 

There are about 125 non-participating properties for this promotion.

Non-Participating Properties:

ALGERIA

Sheraton Oran Hotel & Towers 

ARGENTINA

Sheraton Mar del Plata Hotel

 

AUSTRALIA

Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour

Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa Gold Coast

Sheraton on the Park

Sheraton Perth Hotel

The Westin Melbourne

The Westin Sydney

AUSTRIA

Four Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus Dornbirn

BANGLADESH

Dhaka Sheraton Hotel

The Westin Dhaka

BRAZIL

Four Points by Sheraton Macaé

CANADA

Sheraton Cavalier Calgary Hotel

The Westin Trillium House, Blue Mountain

CHINA

Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen

Sheraton Changsha Hotel

Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel

Sheraton Guiyang Hotel

Sheraton Haikou Resort

Sheraton Sanya Resort

Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort

The Westin Guangzhou

COLOMBIA

Four Points by Sheraton Cali

FRANCE

Le Méridien Montparnasse

The Westin Paris – Vendôme

GERMANY

ArabellaSheraton Alpenhotel

Le Méridien Parkhotel Frankfurt

Le Royal Méridien Hamburg

The Westin Leipzig

GREECE

Blue Palace Resort & Spa, Elounda

Mystique, Santorini

The Romanos, Costa Navarino

The Westin Resort, Costa Navarino

Vedema Resort, Santorini

INDIA

Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi

ITC Grand Central, Mumbai

ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad

ITC Maratha, Mumbai

ITC Maurya, New Delhi

ITC Mughal, Agra

ITC Windsor, Bengaluru

Sheraton New Delhi Hotel

Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers, Chennai

Sheraton Rajputana Palace Hotel, Jaipur

The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace

ITALY

Hotel Cala di Volpe, Costa Smeralda

Hotel Pitrizza, Costa Smeralda

Hotel Romazzino, Costa Smeralda

JAPAN

Sheraton Hiroshima Hotel 

Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo

The Westin Nagoya Castle

Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

The Westin Chosun, Busan

LEBANON

Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun

NEW ZEALAND

The Westin Auckland Lighter Quay

SAUDI ARABIA

Le Méridien Al Khobar

Le Méridien Jeddah

Sheraton Dammam Hotel & Towers

Sheraton Riyadh Hotel & Towers

SPAIN

Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel

SWITZERLAND

ArabellaSheraton Hotel Seehof

Hotel President Wilson, Geneva

Sheraton Davos Hotel Waldhuus

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Sheraton Damascus Hotel

THAILAND

Aloft Bangkok – Sukhumvit 11 

Four Points by Sheraton Phuket, Panwa

TUNISIA

Sheraton Tunis Hotel & Towers

TURKEY

Sheraton Cesme Hotel, Resort and Spa

Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center, Ankara

Sheraton Voyager Antalya Hotel, Resort & Spa

W Istanbul

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Grosvenor House, Dubai

Le Méridien Abu Dhabi

Le Méridien Al Aqah Beach Resort

Le Méridien Dubai

Le Méridien Fairway

Le Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina

Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi

Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort & Spa

Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort

Sheraton Khalidiya Hotel, Abu Dhabi

The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina

UNITED KINGDOM

The Lanesborough, a St. Regis Hotel

UNITED STATES

Aloft Chicago O’Hare

Aloft Las Colinas

Aloft Plano

Aloft San Antonio Airport

Aloft Tempe

Four Points by Sheraton Destin-Fort Walton Beach

Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia City Center

Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown

Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor

Four Points by Sheraton Washington D.C. Downtown

Lakeside Terrace Villas, Avon / Vail Valley

Le Parker Méridien New York

Le Parker Méridien Palm Springs

Phoenician Residences, Luxury Collection Residence Club

Sheraton Bradley Airport Hotel

Sheraton Houston West Hotel

Sheraton Mahwah Hotel

Sheraton Mountain Vista Villas, Avon / Vail Valley

Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel

Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort

Sheraton Reston Hotel

Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel

Sheraton Steamboat Resort

St. Regis Residence Club, Aspen

The Ballantyne, Charlotte

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers

The St. Regis Aspen Resort

The St. Regis Deer Crest Resort

The Tremont Chicago Hotel at Magnificent Mile

The Westin Annapolis

The Westin Bellevue

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles

The Westin Galleria Houston

The Westin Memphis Beale Street

The Westin Palo Alto

The Westin Reston Heights

The Westin Richmond

The Westin Riverfront Mountain Villas, Beaver Creek Mountain

The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa

The Westin Stonebriar

The Westin Tampa Bay

Vistana’s Beach Club

Walt Disney World Dolphin

Walt Disney World Swan

VIETNAM

Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers 

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